Shamrock Smoothie

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A few ingredients and 5 minutes are all you need for this minty green Shamrock Shake-inspired smoothie. Looking for one made with ice cream? Check out my homemade Shamrock Shake recipe.

This minty green smoothie is your homemade answer: it’s creamy, bright, and ready in about 5 minutes with just a handful of ingredients you probably already have on hand. The recipe makes two so you can save one for later, share one with someone else, or just go for gold and enjoy double the deliciousness.

When blended, a frozen banana creates a thick, velvety texture that’s closer to a milkshake than a typical smoothie. The key is using a very ripe banana— think deep brown spots. Ripe bananas are sweeter and creamier than lesser-ripe bananas, and their flavor mellows after freezing, so it blends into the background rather than taking over.

You’ll want a banana that is pretty brown, and I would even venture to say I could have let the bananas you see below sit another day or two, but they worked quite well at this stage of ripeness.

OH! Please don’t forget to peel them before freezing them. And slice them. Otherwise, you’ll have so many banana problems (these are not as fun as champagne problems).

You only need 5 additional ingredients to bring this Shamrock smoothie to life, and 2 of them are extracts. If you’ve made any of my peppermint recipes, you have peppermint extract, and I’m sure you’ve got vanilla extract in your baking arsenal.

The other ingredients you’ll need are a small container of yogurt (any kind, I make note of this in the recipe) and your favorite kind of milk (I make note of this in the recipe as well). That’s it!

Yes, you read that right: my favorite minty dessert smoothie has spinach in it.

Now before you go clicking the “x” at the top of your browser, please know you cannot taste the spinach in this smoothie. Or any smoothie. Ever. I promise. I wouldn’t lie to you about something like that!

If you’re still weirded out by it, use green food coloring. Or, leave it au naturel. But really… Try it. Think of it as added nutritional value and some iron for your muscles.

You could also forego the extract altogether and use fresh mint leaves. I make note of that in the recipe.

Garnish with chocolate chips, chopped chocolate chunks, chocolate syrup, mint leaves, whipped cream and a cherry on top… Whatever you want. Make it pretty. Or make it not so pretty, because you’ll be devouring it and it won’t matter to anyone what it looks like.

Whatever the ingredients you decide to use to make this Shamrock smoothie, I think you’ll agree that it’s a pretty good substitute for the real thing.

Buuuuuut then again if you do want the real thing but homemade… Don’t miss my Shamrock Shake recipe.

More mint chocolate recipes you’ll love: Andes mint cookies, mint chocolate brownies, mint chocolate chip cupcakes, and no bake mint chocolate chip pie.

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Shamrock Smoothie Recipe

A few ingredients and 5 minutes are all you need for this minty green Shamrock Shake inspired smoothie.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Recipe Author Lynn April

Servings: 1 smoothie

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 very ripe banana previously peeled and frozen
• ▢ 6 ounces (170g) non-fat Greek yogurt¹
• ▢ ½ cup (120mL) milk²
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract you may want to omit if you use vanilla flavored yogurt
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract³
• ▢ 1 handful of spinach
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon chopped chocolate optional

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Instructions

• Add all of the ingredients to the blender and blend until thick, creamy, and smooth (approximately 3 minutes). Scrape down sides of blender as needed.
  1 very ripe banana, 6 ounces (170g) non-fat Greek yogurt1, ½ cup (120mL) milk2, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract3, 1 handful of spinach
• Taste smoothie and add more peppermint extract if necessary. If the smoothie is too thick for you, add some more milk. Smoothie is best served immediately, but will stay good in the refrigerator, covered, for one day.
  1 Tablespoon chopped chocolate

Notes

1. Use any yogurt you like: vanilla or plain Greek yogurt, vanilla or plain yogurt. Non-fat or low fat. If you want to be sure you don’t taste the banana, use a vanilla flavored yogurt.
2. Use any milk you like: cow’s (skim, 1%, or 2%), almond, soy, coconut.
3. Peppermint extract: start with ⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract and add more as necessary. This extract is very potent, and you don’t want your smoothie to end up tasting like toothpaste. I would not exceed ¼ teaspoon.
4. Spinach/green color: if you prefer to omit spinach, you can leave the smoothie white, add a couple drops of green food coloring, or omit peppermint extract and use a few fresh mint leaves.

Nutrition Disclosure

All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

Serving: 1smoothie | Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 900mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 374IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 350mg | Iron: 1mg